WEBVTT LIVE WITH US OUT OF HIS HOMETOWN. A LOT OF EMOTION THERE. THAT EMOTIONAL SERVICE ENDED A HALF HOUR AGO AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY A LOSS AFFECTING SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. (BELL SOUNDING). IT'S A VERY SOLEMN OCCASION, VERY, VERY SAD. HE'S 19 YEARS OLD, A BABY. THEY LINED THE STREET TO SHOW THEIR PRIDE. BUT A FINAL FAREWELL TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS HAS SHAKEN THIS TOWN. IT'S TAKEN SUCH A HIT. AND I'M SO UPSET, AT CHRISTMAS TIME. THROUGH THE TEARS THEY REMEMBER MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ'S BEAMING SMILE AND HIS EXCITEMENT TO RETURN HOME TO MARRY HIS GIRLFRIEND. HE ALWAYS HAD A, YOU KNOW, A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND YOU KNOW, HE WAS JUST ONE OF THE HAPPIEST KIDS YOU'D WANT TO MEET IN YOUR LIFE. MATTHEW HAD BEEN IN AFGHANISTAN JUST THREE MONTHS A KID WITH INCREDIBLE DEVOTION TO HIS COUNTRY. HE WAS TYPICAL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF KID. HONEST, HARD WORKING, GOOD KID. AND HE CHOSE TO GO INTO THE MILITARY, UNFORTUNATE HE BECAME A VICTIM OF A WAR. HIS FATHER IS A VIETNAM VETERAN AND MORE THAN ANYTHING DESPITE THE RISK HE WANTED TO FOLLOW HIS PATH. WE CHOSE THIS AND PUT HIMSELF ON THE LINE. AND HE GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. HE'S A AN ANGEL. AND GOVERNOR PATRICK WAS ONE OF A NUMBER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ATTENDED THE FUNERAL SERVICE TODAY. THE FALLEN MARINE WILL NOW BE